Canadian group Cority has announced a significant expansion of its presence in Saudi Arabia with the launch of its new regional headquarters. Its cloud-based architecture enables organisations to centralise EHS data, improve transparency, and give teams a clearer, faster view of risk across operations.
Dubai Chambers explored opportunities to enhance trade and investment cooperation between Dubai and Canada’s British Columbia recently during a series of meetings held in Vancouver.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off on Thursday in Mexico City, marking the start of the largest edition of the tournament since its inception in 1930. Jointly hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, the mega sports gala will feature a record 48 national teams, making it the first World Cup to be staged across three countries.
Canada unveiled a clean electricity strategy to double Canada’s power grid by 2050, expand renewable and low-emission energy sources, lower household costs, and address climate, tariff and energy challenges through over $730 billion in infrastructure investment.
Canada has emerged as the clearest winner from current geopolitical disruption in incentive travel planning, while the Gulf States is seeing the sharpest fall in confidence, according to the latest SITE Pulse Survey.
Leisure travel across all sectors remained strong in 2025, particularly among luxury and ultra luxury travelers, said a report. This trend should carry over into 2026, accompanied by increased demand for the services of travel advisors, it added.
Travel Counsellors, one of UK’s top technology platforms for travel entrepreneurs, said it has inked a deal for the strategic acquisition of Canadian group - The Travel Agent Next Door - thus creating a transatlantic leader in the travel operator market.
Abu Dhabi-based Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has sealed a strategic partnership with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, in a move aimed at driving collaborative research in AI safety and next-generation machine learning models.
Canadian smart building solutions group 1Valet Corp is set to enter the UAE market with its proprietary hardware, introducing an innovative urban lifestyle ecosystem that will create new revenue streams for developers and asset managers.
UAE national carrier Etihad Airways is set to launch its first-ever nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Calgary this November, creating a new strategic air link between the Middle East and Western Canada. The route will be operated by Etihad’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
